Tag: Anti-racism
Revolution Is Illegal
Orisanmi Burton reflects on the legacy of the Panther Twenty-One on the fiftieth anniversary of their acquittal.
Building Asian American Liberation from Below
Promise Li argues that a true movement for liberation for Asian Americans requires building collective power by linking antiracist and anticapitalist struggles in coalition with other marginalized communities.
The Vicious Circle
Reflecting on the trial of Derek Chauvin, Nicholas De Genova interrogates the white masculinist culture of violence that surrounds policing in the United States.
Fuck Mindfulness Workshops
Spectre editor Tithi Bhattacharya explains why elite representation and mindfulness workshops are insufficient; what we need is a resurgence of militant mass mobilizations targeting the racist police state and capital.
The Radical Practicality of Community Control Over Policing
Community self-defense requires the capacity to respond to any and all challenges to its safety and self-determination—which requires gaining control over the resources currently consumed by police departments.
Proud Boys Face Canada’s Anti-Terror Law
John Clarke argues that the Canadian state’s repression of the Proud Boys sets a dangerous precedent for working-class movements and the political left.
Defeat the Police
Omedi Ochieng discusses the police’s role as a counterinsurgent force and it’s impact on radical movements’ meaningful pursuit of police abolition.
What’s New about Woke Racial Capitalism (and What Isn’t)
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and Enzo Rossi explain how “woke” racial capitalism reveals contradictory tendencies in the material structure of capitalism and its ideological superstructure.
What’s in a Slogan?
Rawan Abdelbaki challenges self-styled socialists going after the slogan “defund the police.”
Materializing Race
Jack Norton and David Stein respond to John Clegg and Adaner Usmani’s argument that mass incarceration isn’t about racism. Norton and Stein demonstrate that Clegg and Usmani are both conceptually misguided and empirically wrong.